Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-30
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT
EDITED BY BELLE MEADE SMITH.
woman's Investment Company.

The Woman's Investment Company
OF Southern California, is a remarke
BILE and important enterprise, whic
should be known to, and thorough
understood by, every woman, not onl
in Southern, but Northern California
1t is mainly local, but it is also
State interest. Since it was inaugura
ted, some time in the early spring, j
has been largely, and in many in
stances, gratuitously advertised b,
all OF the leading journals OF Lo,
Angeles. Yet in the rush and mobility
of our cosmopolitan life, it ha,
escaped the attention of many, VI ile
it has not been fully appreciated by
many more. The Woman's Invest.
ment Company is located at No. Al
South Spring street, and is real
estate Office, conducted by ladies, and
patronized by ladies, most OF whom
have formed themselves into syndi-
Gates for the purpose of buying and
selling property. The women thus
interested, and most of whom are the
the wives and daughters OF prominent
Los AngeleEos, number three hundred !;
while the land placed in the hands of
the corporation is valuable and e. :
tended. The WalnAn's Investment
Company are represented in the Uni
versity Tract, in the town of Burbank.
East San Gabriel and Azusa; while
they hold a choice section at the
Palms, and twenty-five lots on the
clear side OF Adams street. Mrs.
Judge Baxter, who is not only the
president, but the heart and soul OF
the organization, is an excellent
business woman, a social factor and a
recognized philanthropist. She is a
prominent member of the First Pres
byterian Church, and is notably identi-
fed with the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union and other benevolent
institutions. Mrs. Emma Gordon,
the treasurer and present secretary, is
connected with the Episcopal Church,
of which the Rev. Elias Birdsall is
rector; and every other denomination
has its followers in the corporation,
which in all of its dealings seeks to be
consistent and conscientious. All of
the speculations upon which these
ladies have so far ventured have
doubled the money originally invested,
and thereby have encouraged bolder
efforts, as well as established in
creased confidence. Their methods
are clear and practical, and offer to
all women of small capital an oppor-
trinity to INCREASE tneir possessie..:ss.
Women who are unaa1,e a1 to purchase a
whole share can purchase half, or
less than half share, and still in the
end receive the benefit of the aggregate
sale. Miss Mary E. Foy, who was
formerly the secretary of the Woman's
Investment Company, and who is
still indirectly associated with it, has,
during the past few years, cleared
$50, 900 by speculating in real estate.
She was for three years librarian OF
the Public Library, and at one time
was teacher in the Public School.
She is we'll known all over Los
Angeles for her energy and business
qualifications. Mrs. G. 0. Brown is
another lady who has done wonders
with her real estate speculations. She
was formerly very poor, and supported
herself by dressing making; but by
buying and selling judiciously she
has accumulated considerable money. |
OF OF one property, namely the Old
Adobe House, located on Main street,
above Pico street, and which has been !
shetched by nearly every tourist who
ever visited the City of the Angels,
she realized over $50 900 dollars. She
originally paid $4,000 for the place;
and short time ago she sold it for
$35, 600. Five thousand in cash, and
in exchange two elegant houses on
Angeleno Heights, which she values
at $40 900 each. Another lady with
whom 1 am personally acquainted,
but whose name am not at liberty to
came to Los Angeles one
year ago with 5000, and by properly
Investing it she has made out of it
$1,000. This is the way in which the
Woman's Investment Co. is helping
those who help them.
Wanamaker's Grand Depot.
Those who visited the Centennial
Exposition, celebratedin Philadelphia
in '76, and who still remember what
the main building was, can form some
idea OF what Wanamaker's Grand
Depot is. 1t occupies almost an entire
block and is located between Broad
and Thirteenth streets, Chestnut and